The silver lining to afternoon showers are the glorious sunsets we have been enjoying. The clouds light up and put on an incredible display of color. The days have been in the mid sixties to mid seventies and the nights have been in the low fifties. The afternoon showers have kept things nice and cool on the mountain. After having spent a week in Gatlinburg, I can truly appreciate this great weather.

Loved our recent 10 year wedding anniversary hike to Mount LeConte in May! Beautiful! We did a day trip up Alum, but it was wonderful!

This morning on Good Morning America, Sam Champion mentioned that they are looking for pictures of "the most beautiful places on earth." Of course, I thought of Mnt LeConte right here in East Tennessee!

Here's a link for how to submit a picture, if you want to:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/mailform?id=13830286

Thanks for all you do!

Michael

7/6/2011 03:37:19 am

were the photos of the fireworks from the lodge -- or did you have to go down mountain a bit to see Pigeon Forge?

Thanks for another wonderful stay at LeConte Lodge. As always, the food was wonderful, the hot chocolate was delicious, and the view of fireworks was the best ever. I posted some pics at http://www.pbase.com/ronmetcalfe/july_2011.